For Twitter, a service that many complain is just too hard to understand, these additions are likely a good thing. The new profile pages list much more information about you, and notifications could encourage further interaction from users.

Is copying your competitors an inherently bad thing? Not necessarily. The tech industry sees user interface trends ripple across Websites often. (Remember when everyone started copying Pinterest?) It’s pretty common that competitors look to one another for inspiration. And Facebook has cribbed its fair share from Twitter — hashtags, for example.

I’ll give the company props for pushing a lot of product changes out the door in short order. Twitter went for years on end without any major changes to its products, so it’s nice to see the company pick up the pace.